The Guns of August

by Barbara W. Tuchman

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  • @zoelle @alex @abracarioca books i read this year that i loved, but that didn't come out this year * the guns of august https://t.co/XrnBtOGuko * say nothing https://t.co/p1vLtpF9Lc * the immortalists https://t.co/gRm3j5z1orLink to Tweet
  • "Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman on the first month of WWI is another essential book, along with her other classic "March of Folly." Both are excellent to help to fight the temptation of looking at world history teleologically.Link to Tweet

About Book

All quiet on the Western Front : Through the eyes and mind of a German private, the reader shares life on the battlefield during World War I.